Description & Technical information
JOSEF HOFFMANN
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
BROOCH
designed by: Josef Hoffmann, before 1926
executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, before 1926
Our brooch is unique. Hoffmann was inspired to this very special design by the particular form of a shell.
Date: 1926
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: silver, mother of pearl, crack in the shell
Signature: Marked: JH, WW, Austrian hallmark head of hoopoe (W for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), 900
Dimensions: 2.4 cm (1 inches)
Literature: Wiener Werkstätte archives, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12146-23
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Silver, Works of Art
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